Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-10-06

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ne Blanahard Railroad ComDang
have tie oniy road 10 TIE oon1ly where
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out uainQ any nsotiye powsr- Wtth ne
txeeuti1u Of three fonFths Of miIe en-
sha bosaom, tha road h Ell down grade.
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teams. Loaded and started down khe
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tfnek % the bstsoIn. he ears moss 81
tain q terFi6a rate % apsed on tne
grade. II i said that Q mile and hall
3 minuta, oE ninetY miles N hour. u
attained going down The Qlaoe. TIE
tFack Il 9 standard gu4ae WITH steei
rails, smooth and In good coalition, %
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terrible sseiasuf e. q result ct he tx
tFaardinafy spssd attained going down
She Rrades -Skagif Hssns.
ID 1873 Z. McfagRaFs US appolnted
seaisr for The PnRet Mound
lumheFing district, and has been re-
tanned IN that position ever since. Oar
ing I'll this tine o. until within the
past thtes ueaka, The milling comp3-
nies on the Boand have psEnistentlg 70
fnaed 10 BE- governed b. the 0f1eial
scale. The loQRefa, Who, until resent
y, have been practically mogtRaaod %
the mill companies. have been COMPEL
Cd % Accept the seals ag rendered By
the mill men. and the government scale
simpiy served 10 show The actual ioaB
10 the toQaera--a loss that owing 10 err
they were unable 20 avoid.
Ths mill oompanie8 have never Quef-
toned The CORRECTNESS 81 Mr.. McIoa-
CARTS sealing, bat have simply ingisle
npou theif 0gn scale, which average
Eve Ger cent below that Of the COVER
mena SCALE beoauss the loQgese 81
mittsd 10 u. The increased oeman
for legs during the past season has en-
ebied the logReFs 10 assume more 10
position and declare theiF
Hights. The Skaait logaer8 who Own
their own outfits, hsnee were less under
the ohliaations Of the mill companies,
held their logs foE sale subject 20 The
government scale. The Puget NIL
Company waa the 0r1t 10 break the lonQ
established custom, and. about three
weeks ago, accepted the logs Ascending
70 RovsFnment scale b. MeTaRRart.
TITS caused e general break % the part
Of the lo0geFs 20 the Pugse Nil Com
panyis buyers, aud o corresponding
scarcity OF logs offered on the part OF
the Puget Mil Company, which in
eludes Utsalady, Port Gamble and Port
Lndlow, vas immediately followed b.
the Blakely, Tacoma and Discovery
Companies, and finally ell the mills on
tho Sound have eicnifed thefR willing.
ness 10 Accept the government scale,
and that harmony which mnG1 result
benaneially both 10 loRRefs and mill
men, nov prevails throughout The PaRst
6ound District. Thla vindioation Of
Mr.. McTaaaAFt's Official scale mnst be
indssd moss gratifying both - himself
and fglanda, and, although alou and
saFdy, b the reward that always follows
al honest and faithful discharge Of an
official tEusl. - WAaieom Rsssilis.